Artist Biography
Cameron Gray was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1984 and currently resides in Tasmania.
Known primarily as an emerging graphic artist & photographer, Cameron has qualifications in Graphic Design, Multimedia Design, Photography and Contemporary Arts, as well as a keen interest in new media, sculpture, jewelry making, painting, experimental video and sound design.
His influences and admirations include Stephen Kasner, Troy Ruffels, David Ho, Ryan Larkin, Bill Viola, Ash Sivils, Janelle McKain, Steve Danzig, Mike Bohatch, Fabrice Lavollay, and Pieter Bruegel to name a small selection.
In 2002 Cameron won the AGFA Australia award for best body of Pre-tertiary photography with his work at Launceston College. In 2003 his works were exhibited in Art Rage and published by the Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery and in 2005 Cameron was accepted into the guest gallery of the Museum Of Computer Art.
At the age of 21, Cameron published his first book of artwork (Parable Visions; the art of Cameron Gray) and to date has published four more books and collaborated with a range of international magazines, authors, bands and indie publications.
He is the founder & editor of Parable Visions Magazine which features underground art and literature from around the world. (currently on hiatus)
In 2009 Cameron graduated from the Academy of the Arts, Tasmania, with a Bachelors Degree in Contemporary Art and was inducted as a life member into the Golden Key International Honour Society, for finishing in the top 15% of his studies at the University of Tasmania.
His tools and equipment used include an Intel Macbook with Photoshop, Illustrator, Bryce, Poser, Gimp, Apophysis, Final Cut Pro, Vue, a Wacom Tablet, Canon G10 Camera, Infrared converted Canon G5 camera, a Digital Microscope, JVC HD30 Camera, Pentax K20D DSLR and an Underwater modified HD video camera.
Some selected clients and collaborations include: Warner Music, Dead Letter Circus, Declan O’Shea (Cyclefly/Mako), Esoterica, Ginger, Dyonisis, Farebridge, Jasper Faolan, Sumerian Records, Swivelhead, My Kingdom Records, Circle of Contempt, Arctic, Anthony Karnowski, Caleb L. Mabry, nEgoist publishing.
Cameron’s work is regularly displayed in music venues across Australia, and the Museum of Computer Art in Brooklyn, New York.
Artist Statement
My illustrative works are a continual study of the human psychological condition. Through my work I represent my personal observations and commentaries, sometimes regarding my own experiences and sometimes depicting social psychological tendencies and patterns.
They are my views and interpretations of the world around me and myself as a living creature trying to find my place on a planet where the quest for meaning has ironically lost its meaning.
These images are created by a constant blending and marriage of traditional and digital mediums and composing the pieces within Photoshop. While I work, the traditional elements are scanned or photographed, then digitally processed, broken down, then recomposed with the digital elements to create each image.
Cameron Gray
